# enforcar
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [əɱ.furˈka]
* IPA: (Balearic) [əɱ.forˈka]
* IPA: (Valencia) [eɱ.foɾˈkaɾ]

### Etymology 1

From en- +‎ forca +‎ -ar.

#### Verb

enforcar (first-person singular present enforco, first-person singular preterite enforquí, past participle enforcat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/
* (transitive) to fork up (to gather using a pitchfork)
* (transitive) to hang (to execute by hanging)
    Synonym: penjar

##### Derived terms

* enforcada
* enforcadura
* enforcall

### Etymology 2

From en- +‎ forc +‎ -ar.

#### Verb

enforcar (first-person singular present enforco, first-person singular preterite enforquí, past participle enforcat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/
* (transitive) to string (to tie together on a line, as onions)
    Aquella tarda d'estiu vaig aprendre a enforcar alls.That summer afternoon I learned how to string garlic.

##### Conjugation
### Further reading

* “enforcar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese enforcar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin *infurcare, form furca.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [eɱfoɾˈkaɾ]

### Verb

enforcar (first-person singular present enforco, first-person singular preterite enforquei, past participle enforcado)
* (transitive) to hang (to execute by hanging)
** c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 685:Et hũus dizem que o enforcou com̃o a falsarioAnd some say that he hanged him as a falsifier
** 1383, M. Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, IV, page 388:
    Et aynda vos damos o huzal que iat alende do castineiro dos enforcados em que façades cortina
       and we also give to you the heathland that is beyond the chestnut tree of the hanged ones to turn it into farmland
    Synonym: colgar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* forca

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “enforcar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “enfor”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “enforcar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “enforcar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “enforcar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Occitan
### Alternative forms

* enforchar (Limousin)

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Languedoc):(file)

### Verb

enforcar (Languedoc)
* (transitive) to mount (a bike)

### Further reading

* Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 258.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From en- +‎ forca +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.foʁˈka(ʁ)/ [ẽ.fohˈka(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.foʁˈka(ʁ)/ [ĩ.fohˈka(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.foʁˈka(ʁ)/ [ẽ.fohˈka(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.foʁˈka(ʁ)/ [ĩ.fohˈka(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.foɾˈka(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.foɾˈka(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.foʁˈka(ʁ)/ [ẽ.foχˈka(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.foʁˈka(ʁ)/ [ĩ.foχˈka(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.foɻˈka(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.foɻˈka(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ẽ.fuɾˈkaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ẽ.fuɾˈkaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ẽ.fuɾˈka.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: en‧for‧car

### Verb

enforcar (first-person singular present enforco, first-person singular preterite enforquei, past participle enforcado)
* (transitive) to suspend (someone) by a rope or band tied around the neck, causing death by asphyxiation
* (transitive) to put someone to death on the gallows
* (transitive, vulgar) to sell something for a low price
* (pronominal) to kill yourself by hanging
* (pronominal, figuratively) to get in bad shape
* (pronominal, figuratively) to suffer great damage
* (pronominal, figuratively) to sacrifice yourself
* (pronominal, colloquial) to get married
* (transitive, intransitive, Brazil) to not work on a business day between holidays or between a holiday and a weekend

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

### Further reading

* “enforcar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “enforcar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “enforcar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “enforcar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “enforcar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “enforcar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /enfoɾˈkaɾ/ [ẽɱ.foɾˈkaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: en‧for‧car

### Verb

enforcar (first-person singular present enforco, first-person singular preterite enforqué, past participle enforcado)
* (archaic) to hang

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### Further reading

* “enforcar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10